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Schutzstaffel Organized
Hitler’s personal paramilitary that occupied Nazi Germany during WWII -
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Holocaust Timeline
A timeline of the Holocaust depicting major events. -
St. Louis Ship (with Jews)
A ship with over 900 Jewish refugees that were denied to dock because the countries did not want to get involved. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
After becoming leader of the Nazi party and publishing Mein Kampf, Hitler’s power grew until he was appointed chancellor. -
Hitler Claims Emergency Powers
Hitler gains emergency powers through a two thirds vote in Congress. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
Anti-semitic act to make Jewish people fall into poverty, which would help promote the Nuremberg laws. -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
The "sterilization" of any citizen who had a genetic disorder. -
Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals
German government could throw people in jail for life if they were declared dangerous to society. -
Nuremberg Laws
Took away the Jewish rights, and created strict migration policy. -
Reichszentrale is created
A Nazi organization strictly against homosexuality and abortion. -
Nazis Occupy Rhineland
Violating the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler moves troops into Rhineland, the land between Germany and France. -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
An order to destroy Jewish businesses and Synagogues -
Lodz Ghetto Opens
Right after the invasion of Poland, Lodz ghetto opened for Polish Jews and Roma. It was the second largest ghetto. -
Einsatzgruppen starts
Special SS and police units that were responsible for most mass murders throughout WWII in the Soviet Union, targeting mainly Jews and Roma. -
Yellow Star for German Jews
After the invasion of Poland, Nazi Germany made the German Jews wearing badges so segregation was easy. Any resistance resulted in severe punishment. -
Germany invades Poland
Invasions that declares the start of the next World War. -
Auschwitz opens
Auschwitz opens with first transport of Poles -
Madagascar Plan Presented
During the war, Germany thought of a plan to move the Jews to Madagascar but it never happened. -
The Commissar Order
Ordered by the German Armed Forces High Command, Nazi soldiers were instructed to execute any Soviet Commissar who were captured. -
Babi Yar
Largest two day massacre of all of WWII, causing the deaths of over 33,000 Jews over a two day span. -
Wannsee Conference
A conference in Berlin to discuss the Final Solution. -
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz
One of the most brutal doctors of all time, who was notorious for experimentation on twins. -
Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos
Himmler ordered mass transportation of Jews to concentration camps to exploit labor. -
Creation of the Zigeunerlager
Gypsy concentration camp which was notorious for famine and mass murders. -
Last Gassing at Auschwitz
Last gassing was conducted after Russians discovered lethal gas and other crematorium was destroyed by prisoners. -
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz
One attempt to cover up the mass killings that went on in Auschwitz-Birkenau. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
Soviet Army invades Auschwitz and liberates around 7,000 prisoners -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide in his bunker near the wars end, and the Axis’s fall. -
International Military Tribunal
Major Nazi leader are convicted of war crimes, and crimes against humanity and peace. -
Dr. Josef Mengele Dies
Died near Sao Paulo, Brazil after being transported to South America to escape his war crimes.